Japan carmakers to cut China production
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 06:06 PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages A Toyota car is seen parked along a street in Shanghai on September 26, 2012. Japanese auto giants Nissan and Toyota are planning to cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the recent diplomatic disagreement over disputed islands. Japan's carmakers are reporting a huge drop in sales in China, and it's not about China's slowing growth. Anti-Japan protests in China are such an issue, Toyota and Nissan have both cut back on Chinese production. Purchasing habits are emotional. So emotional scenes like this resonate: A woman screams in anguish, her husband has just been paralyzed by an attacker wielding a bicycle lock at an anti-Japanese protest in the city of Xi'an. His crime? He was driving a Toyota. The video of this attack spread like wildfire in China before the government took it down, but the message is clear for the Chinese: buy Japanese cars at your own risk. So where will Chinese car consumers ...
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Japan carmakers to cut China production
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 06:06 PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages A Toyota car is seen parked along a street in Shanghai on September 26, 2012. Japanese auto giants Nissan and Toyota are planning to cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the recent diplomatic disagreement over disputed islands. Japan's carmakers are reporting a huge drop in sales in China, and it's not about China's slowing growth. Anti-Japan protests in China are such an issue, Toyota and Nissan have both cut back on Chinese production. Purchasing habits are emotional. So emotional scenes like this resonate: A woman screams in anguish, her husband has just been paralyzed by an attacker wielding a bicycle lock at an anti-Japanese protest in the city of Xi'an. His crime? He was driving a Toyota. The video of this attack spread like wildfire in China before the government took it down, but the message is clear for the Chinese: buy Japanese cars at your own risk. So where will Chinese car consumers ...
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